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PRESS RELEASE FROM THE NC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES DENR requires Duke Energy to address coal ash issues RALEIGH – As part of implementing Governor Pat McCrory's recent executive order on coal ash, state officials are requiring that Duke Energy provide plans for excavating inactive coal ash storage ponds at four of its facilities. Four letters […]
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I decided to eat about 200 c. more that I usually consume. Did any one ever do this? Maybe try to fool your metabolism.
100 lb. Club - Do you up your calories for a day to see some results?View Full Version : Do you up your calories for a day to see some results? CountryGirl18 02-29-2008, 01:04 AM I decided to eat about 200 c. more that I usually consume. Did any one ever do this? Maybe try to fool your metabolism. JayEll 02-29-2008, 08:24 AM Hey! :wave: Some people do that as a strategy. For me it has the opposite effect--I stall my loss or gain weight. So if you want to try it you can, of course--but watch what the scale tells you, not just the next day but two days later. Jay Lovely 02-29-2008, 08:32 AM I think they have a few threads about this over in the Calorie Counters area, about Calorie Cycling and whatnot :) I've heard it's quite a successful strategy for some people to add in a few extra calories a day, or several days a week. It's really individual, so you'll have to give it some time to see how it affects you. GirlyGirlSebas 02-29-2008, 08:44 AM Yes, I do calorie cycling and its working great. Have you read Glory 87's goal post? She had trouble losing the last few pounds and upped her calorie intake. Voila....those last few pounds came off. 3Beans 02-29-2008, 10:05 AM Yes, I do calorie cycling and its working great. Have you read Glory 87's goal post? She had trouble losing the last few pounds and upped her calorie intake. Voila....those last few pounds came off. Although, Glory was near goal when she made that change. Since the OP is just getting started, maybe it's better to stick to plan for a while. So, do I ever eat 200 cals over? Too often, lately, which is why I've been kinda stuck! :dizzy: Do you want to add calories just to see what happens? Or are you very hungry? Are you eating enough every day? Just some stuff to think about. If you want to do calorie cycling, that involves eating more some days, but also eating less other days, to reach a planned daily average each week. Meg 02-29-2008, 10:15 AM If I eat 200 extra calories, it fools my body into gaining weight. Alas! I fervently wish that I was one who could lose weight by increasing calories. How cool would that be?? Sadly, my body is stupid and only loses weight when I decrease calories. When I increase calories, I gain weight. :shrug: Calorie cycling, as 3Beans says, is a whole different ball game. You're not increasing your overall calories.; instead, your weekly average is still the same, but you vary your daily calories -- some up, some down, but still coming out to the same average calories at the end of the week. Many people think that's a good way to keep your metabolism from getting too used to a certain calorie level. :) GirlyGirlSebas 02-29-2008, 10:37 AM My Hubby and I were just talking about this a few days ago. We've noticed that having one off-plan meal sometimes triggers our bodies to start dropping the weight again. Strange, I know. I often wonder if the extra calories are jump starting our metabolisms again. Typically, I vary my daily calories from 1200-1600 to equal my calorie requirement for the week. I use calculations from Jillian Michaels book 'Winning By Losing.' pamatga 02-29-2008, 10:40 AM it seemed too brief for me to make a clear discernment if that is what her body needed to lose weight. It is possible, and of course I am reading between the lines, that given her activity level (which if I remember was a lot) she may have inadvertently put her body in "starvation mode" so she actually needed to add calories to compensate for that phenomenon. Maybe, Glory87, can explain why she chose to do that and what was happening preceding that. Again, calorie cycling is not about eating more each day every day , like someone just said. For example, on the Wendie Plan which is one that was developed by a WW who had been plateauing, if you add up the weekly calories it still amounts to what you were eating before----you are eating 100+ one day, 100- the next and so on. However, the overall weekly total of calories is still the same as before. I'm not calorie counting any more for a couple of reasons: 1) I've changed to a plan that emphasizes establishing long term healthy eating whose end result is losing the extra weight if I just give it time to work. 2) I am also a recovering emotional eater and I need to get "sane" about my relationship with food in general. For me, calorie counting only triggers my obsessive-compulsive aspect of my behavior that I hope to lose along with my big butt and belly! I think calorie cycling can and does work (who hasn't cut back at some time right before a specific date or how about being under a lot of stress and losing weight because you haven't eaten at all or as much....). Again, like so many other things you need to do it with the idea that you are continuing to eat healthy during that time and you aren't ending up harming your body for some short term results. My physical appetite waxs and wanes from day to day. With my current food plan, I have to be careful to eat everything that I need to eat because I don't have the same gnawing hunger than I used to have. It is a tightrope to walk some days. Other days, it is a breeze. If I were following a specific calorie plan, I would be eating more on some days than I physically need. I am really working hard to get back to a homostatis and balance in my life. If you learn to trust your body it probably would happen (over time) naturally. Let's hear from some people who have and are doing it successfully. sumu1 02-29-2008, 10:59 AM this post caught my eye... we do talk about it over on calorie counters. For me, if I try to decrease my calories to break a plateau it doesn't work. 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If you have ever gotten a spontaneous urge to
a) erupt in song and dance in public,
b) turn random objects into your musical accompaniment (like water glasses a la Miss Congeniality) and
c) try your ear at experimental music
then you will appreciate the playful nature of this improvised party on the Paris metro by Brooklyn-based band Yeasayer. It's a tipsy, merry ride:
Not only do that have an optimistic and quirky band name that I love, but they have spirit and harmony as well. Hope you enjoy my new favorite band.
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Just another nice quiet week here in the Biggest Little, right? Thanks for stopping by and welcome back to my Friday column. Your tips and thoughts are always welcome via idonnis (at) ripr (dot) org, and you can follow me all week long on the twitters. Let's get to it.
So Buddy Cianci is back in the campaign for Providence mayor. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay reminds us that he isn't the only candidate.
Every newsroom used to have a crusty city editor who berated young reporters. Mine was a revered Providence Journal editor named Al Johnson who barked, ``put them in the ambulance before you take them to the hospital'' when he wanted a story about a car accident.
Heeeee's back: Vincent A. `Buddy' Cianci Jr., made official this afternoon what he has been talking about for months, that he will try for a Lazarus-like, unprecedented third comeback as Providence mayor, this time as an independent.
Providence's Ward 11 Democratic Committee unanimously endorsed City Council President Michael Solomon for mayor and denied incumbent Council member Davian Sanchez an endorsement for reelection.
The committee gave the Ward 11 nod for city council to a political newcomer, Mary Kay Harris. The action came at a meeting last night where both Sanchez and Harris were interviewed by the committee, which represents Democrats in the ward on the city's South Side, according to a statement released by Joe Vileno, chairman of the ward committee.
After claiming not to have his mind made up before taking to the airwaves for his afternoon talk show, 73-year-old Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci Jr. revealed Wednesday he's staging an improbable comeback to become the next mayor of Providence.
Cianci is running as an independent -- the same approach he used during his 1990 return to power -- in a close three-way race, after having first won office in 1974 as a Republican.
He puffed on the Monte Cristo in his right hand, sipped Cognac with his left and regaled a table of cronies and hangers-on with jokes and florid commentary.
It was vintage Buddy Cianci, perched at an outdoor table on a balmy evening at the Capital Grille late last Tuesday night, entertaining the crowd long after the thick sirloins and fancy wines had been devoured.
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orcatjf commented on the blog post Does Uber Make A Universal Basic Income Inevitable?
so if we are going to do UBI, why not universal basic food/nutrition, universal basic housing and universal basic education? There will be no question of funding, there exists plenty of funding within the Pentagon budget and in the untaxed non-performing wealth.
orcatjf commented on the diary post Reflections on Halloween by Ohio Barbarian.
Pat Robertson scares me more than Michael Meyers ever could.
orcatjf commented on the blog post Letting the Rich Take All The Money
I have always wondered what it would be like if food, clothes, homes and education were free for everyone. If the basic necessities of life were free, what would life, society be like?
orcatjf commented on the diary post It does seem that this world is broken by orcatjf.
Actually, the point is more about the greed, and capitalism breeds greed real good. Sure, someone has to pay the widget connecters and the airbag makers, but does the person with the money earn the billions? Or does that person make billions because the airbaggers and widgeters aren't being paid fairly and the consumers are [...]
orcatjf wrote a new diary post: It Does Seem That This World Is Broken
I don't think it is a secret that this world is broken. Actually, not broken. If history is any judge of what happened in the past, the world really hasn't ever worked, at least since humans arrived. So what hasn't worked, technically wouldn't be broken. But it's not right. Look around, there is an uncountable number of ways [...]
orcatjf commented on the diary post Readers, We Need Your Help by Elliott.
Wouldn't that then give them standing to sue the NSA, since there is proof they were spied upon?
orcatjf commented on the diary post Readers, We Need Your Help by Elliott.
Jane, are you kidding? Your signature would be G.O.L.D. Like on an FDL coffee mug? Heck yes! Glenn's book signed by him and you? Priceless.
orcatjf commented on the blog post Piketty and His Critics Chapter 2 and Let's Keep FDL Up
masaccio, I am glad you write because I learn a lot from all your articles. This fundraising project reminds me of my good friend George Bailey. He was always there to help the little guys, and when the mean ol' Mr. Potter tried to squeeze him out, George found out just how rich he was in friends who came to help. FDL is my George Bailey and I will definitely be sending a check today!
orcatjf commented on the blog post Late Night: Solar FREAKIN' Roadways!
Phoenix Woman, I have been excited about this since I first saw your mention of this a couple years ago. I made a little contribution to them. I was wondering, and have yet to send them a request, do you think they would do a private driveway? I need to replace mine anyway and would love to have it go solar.
orcatjf commented on the diary post I Asked the Cheneys About Bush Torture Whistleblower John Kiriakou by Cassandra Rules.
very nice! You are very courageous!
orcatjf commented on the blog post Could Facebook End the Cable Companies' Chokehold on Broadband Access with Its New Solar Powered Drones?
and with my socialist, communistic thinking, (and again, maybe I was sleeping when this had been discussed before), with the amount of internet traffic, why the frick isn't the infrastructure just frickn nationalized? Yes, yes, call me Comrade Pollyanna, but really….
orcatjf commented on the blog post Could Facebook End the Cable Companies' Chokehold on Broadband Access with Its New Solar Powered Drones?
I don't know, maybe I am old fashioned, maybe I am stupid, maybe I am so out of touch with "now". Sure, I don't like the thoughts of drones, but what gets me more, is how does a social network make enough money to buy a defense contractor? How does Google get billions to spend on whatever it is they spend their billions on? Yeah, sure, fine call me a socialist communist, but there comes a point where some people and some things just have too much money for our own good.
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If anything President Obama should take away the lesson that intervening in the internal politics of other countries can have unintended consequences. Though that lesson is also available from studying the history of the Iraq War.
After reading the Stephen Kinzer book, The Brothers, Mr. Obama's lesson could have been learned anytime since 1953.
orcatjf commented on the blog post Facebook Getting Into The Drone Business
I don't understand how a search engine and a social network make billions of dollars enough to diversify like that. Do that many people click on ads?
does anyone remember a post, I think it was last year, that mentioned or provided a link to an essay from someone that suggested, rather than full employment the US should aim for less employment? The arguement was something like the economy should be structured so everyone only works like 4 hours a day or [...]
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isn't an attempt to subvert US sovreignty, against the Constitution, and really kind of like treason? Maybe it is different if you are trying to codify it into US law.
orcatjf commented on the blog post Americans Don't Want Another War
we don't want the wars we have now, either.
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wow, did not know this, very interesting. thanks for the tip.
orcatjf commented on the blog post Where to Go From Plan B, And Why the Answer Is "Nowhere"
David you're really leavng?? I missed that announcement. I, too, will really miss your posts. Some of the best news and information around, anymore. crap. But good luck to you!
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Louisa Belle is a 7-year-old wine-testing bloodhound that saves her owners, Daniel Fischl and Michelle Edwards of Linnaea Vineyards in Australia, from bottling bad wine. The pooch doesn't take a sip of the stuff, instead using her sensitive nose to identify faulty corks and tainted wine.
"Most wineries rely on a human nose, but Belle's nose is 2,000 times more sensitive," said Fischl. Despite the the bloodhound's refined palate, Metro reporter Alistair Potter writes that Louisa Belle is more than satisfied with a standard dog diet of water and kibbles.
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So far, to me, this doesn't have a lot of flavor. I'll let it cool more and see if anything comes out. Right now it just tastes generic-white to me, nothing special or distinct.
As it cools it doesn't get much more depth to it. Maybe a very, very, barely there hint of melon.
It's not bad and I'll finish the pot, but I'd not buy it.
I am definitely getting a melon/cucumber flavor as well as a sweet grass taste. White teas are never my favorite and I usually group them in "drink when desperate" category. That being said it isn't terrible and it is nice and relaxing. So many white teas are infused or stuffed or packed full of other fruit flavors that you forget what pure white tea tastes like, which isn't much. After drinking a whole cup it does remind me of a bath and body works lotion and sadly is just as appetizing, no fault of the tea or the company just my own bias against white teas.
Backlogging from yesterday since the site was buggered, good to see it's back up and running well.
It looks like any other Silver Needle tea, long fuzzy buds. These ones turn green the instant you pour hot water on them. Dry you get the slightly sweet hay smell, wet the buds have an additional cucumber note to them.
Taste is sweet hay with cucumber and juicy melon. The juicy melon is more of a texture than a taste and lasts into the aftertaste with a hint of mint feeling. I brewed it up gaiwan style first and the hay notes were very prominent. Then I brewed up more traditional style and I get a much better taste and blend of the notes. I find it so fascinating the difference in taste of the same tea depending on how it's brewed.
This Silver Needle is really quite lovely. One of the finest I think I've yet to encounter. Delicate, yes, but also intensely flavored … surprisingly so. Notes of cucumber and hay, as well as a very subtle young asparagus stalk that has been steamed and lightly buttered. As I continue to sip, a mineral-like taste seems to come into play. There are some delightful fruit notes to this tea as well, and I like the way they transition – starting out with a delicate apple-pear kind of flavor, and as I continue to sip, the flavor becomes more of a honeydew melon. It has a refreshing quality to it, and is one of the most complex silver needle teas I've yet to taste.
For an Assam, this tea is incredibly light and fragrant. It has a warm, malty, almost caramelly flavour to it and very little tannin, making it ideal to drink without milk.
i usually steep for ~6mins with tons of Sugar to add to teh sweetness of the tea already. W/o the sugar you can already taste the cinnamon. it keeps me pretty relaxed throughout the day. (i usually have my tea around 12:30-1pm)


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60 songs of pure drama and introspection.
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Carlton: Tampa's Gasparilla now sails sea of diversity
01/30/15 Human InterestSo it's Gasparilla again, Tampa's rich, historic tradition of pirates and parades, beer, beads, and the occasional bawd, a town at its best and, okay, sometimes its worst.
The weather the mayor ordered should arrive on time, cool enough Saturday morning that even hardcore partiers won't start bending elbows early because it's hot and hate stumbling by noon. Because on this day, it is not unusual to spot someone enjoying a frosty beverage with the sun barely up, Tampa partying Mardi Gras style. ...
Carlton: A name for Vinik's, uh, vision, and other signs of the times
01/29/15PoliticsIt's almost refreshing that Jeff Vinik, the money man ready to transform a chunk of once-sleepy downtown Tampa into something bigger, does not much care for the nickname "Vinikville."
That's the working title some use for a planned and ambitious remake of the southern end of downtown into a vibrant business, residential and entertainment district. With, if all goes well, a medical school to boot....
Carlton: High court should keep that paper wall between judges and money
01/27/15CourtsSo this local lawyer who got in hot water with the Florida Bar while running for judge now has the ear of the highest court in the land.
And what the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately decides in her case could change the way judges run for office — and not for the better.
Lawyer Lanell Williams-Yulee did not win her race five years ago against Dick Greco Jr., a longtime Hillsborough County judge who has a family name that's big in Tampa to boot....
Carlton: Why Sally Harris cast the deciding vote to oust MaryEllen Elia
01/23/15EducationInteresting fact about Sally Harris, the brand-new Hillsborough County School Board member who cast this week's deciding and explosive vote to oust schools superintendent MaryEllen Elia:
Absolutely no one thought Harris would win her race in the first place.
How could she? Her opponent, Michelle Shimberg, carries a very big name in this town. She got endorsements and/or donations from no less than (deep breath) the mayor, the sheriff, the state attorney, Florida's attorney general, the classroom teachers association and members of the City Council, County Commission and, oh yeah, Congress. She also raised five times more money than Harris....
Carlton: A commissioner's gay marriage, a mayor's beer, a doctor's note
01/20/15TransportationCongratulations to Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner on his recent marriage. Sort of.
The county's first openly gay commissioner was one of only a few elected officials to show up for a mass wedding near the courthouse on the day same-sex marriage became legal in Florida. Later, Beckner and his longtime partner — Hillsborough sheriff's Sgt. Gil Sainz — were seen celebrating with couples who married on that historic day....
Carlton: School Board should think before giving Elia the boot
01/16/15K12Okay, it's no longer amusing.
What's happening, or may be about to happen, over at the Hillsborough County school district has officially stopped seeming like petty squabbles and turned into a full-blown game-changer.
And not in a good way.
Maybe you've read past headlines regarding certain members of the school board who seem perpetually at odds with the powerful superintendent, MaryEllen Elia. Who, program note here, was just named Florida's superintendent of the year and is a finalist for top in the nation....
Carlton: Judges ordered to keep an eye on fellow judges
01/15/15CourtsBeing a judge in Florida can be a pretty sweet gig.
You get the robe, the good parking space, and the authority over an entire courtroom in which a lot of interesting and important things tend to happen. And how's this for a perk: You have no real day-to-day boss and pretty much come and go as you please. Sure, voters could oust you, should you get an actual rare challenger. Or if things are really bad, you might find yourself getting a look from the state agency that polices the judiciary....
Sue Carlton: The legacy of Phoebe
01/14/15ObituariesShe had trouble with hearts, but she was determined.
She was 5 and in kindergarten and loved, loved, loved to draw, loved it since her first box of dollar store crayons. She drew kitty cats and tracings of her own hand and declarations of love with the Ks and Js backward, and she gave them to grownups she cared about.
But hearts, for which she had as much enthusiasm as the colors pink and purple — stay in the box, you sad black and browns — eluded her, the way you had to get both sides even....
Carlton: Giving felons a second chance in Florida: the American way
01/09/15PoliticsIn Florida, we do have our dubious distinctions — like the paltry amount we're willing to spend on each student in our schools. Or our penchant for killing pedestrians. Or the fact that, unlike most other states, we do not require a unanimous jury vote in favor of putting someone to death.
Here's another:
Florida is a state that apparently does not believe in giving criminals a second chance even after they've done their time....
Carlton: Can Tampa transform a sad, sweet trolley?
01/08/15TransportationI rode Tampa's historic streetcar the other day. And it was …
It wasn't sad just because only a few silver-haired tourists and I rumbled along the 2.7-mile stretch between the southern edge of downtown east and north to the Latin Quarter of Ybor City. Yep, just us — even though it was a sunny workday, when downtowners pour out of tall buildings in droves to lunch at a bevy of restaurants....
Pam Iorio for mayor of Tampa in 2019? 'Absolutely no plans to do that'
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Carlton: How will history see Florida's fight for gay marriage rights?
01/06/15 Human InterestThey poured into Room 140 of the Hillsborough County Courthouse on Tuesday morning two by two, some with friends and family in tow, exhilarated, bearing bouquets, holding hands, filling the place with their energy. This day was big and unstoppable and happening at last.
In their midst stood Pat Frank, the petite 85-year-old clerk of the court, cheered by the crowd like a rock star. She wore the somber black robes of her late husband, Judge Richard Frank, and posed obligingly with her arms around couples for wedding photos. "This is a wonderful day for America," she told everyone, but you could tell they already knew it....
Carlton: Rules good for man and manatee alike
01/01/15WildlifeIf you have ever had a close encounter with a manatee, you probably get it.
Maybe you were in a boat when this giant gray potato of a creature glided by, close enough to see the scars criss-crossing his hide. (Chances are he had scars.)
Or you were on a beach when a manatee raised its whiskery snout from the water's surface. Or you stood on a dock or a bridge and — look, a manatee, one of the most interesting animals you'll ever get to see, just trying to make its way in a world that has not been kind to it....
Carlton: The Only Somewhat True Year in Review
12/30/14PoliticsMedical marijuana, battling governors and Bollywood Oscars, oh my. What a year it was. And so here for you is the not-especially-true year in review for the first half of 2014:
• With the Florida Supreme Court's approval of language that will appear on the ballot, voters officially get to decide whether medical marijuana should be legal in the Sunshine State.
Immediately, lawyer John You-Will-Not-Turn-Your-TV-On-Without-Seeing-Me Morgan launches his statewide, unofficially named Free Cheetos If You Vote Yes, Dude bus tour....
Carlton: Gay marriage not court clerk's first rodeo
12/25/14PoliticsOn gay marriage, we are a state on the brink of something inevitable, with our unlikeliest elected officials in the thick of it.
A federal judge struck down Florida's ban on same-sex marriage, then stayed his decision until after Jan. 5. So now everyone's in a scramble: Did his ruling apply only in the rural Panhandle county where one of the couples challenging the ban lives? If court clerks in other counties issue marriage licenses to gay couples beginning Jan. 6, could they face criminal prosecution? Seriously?...


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coupon. It's good starting today till next Tues!! Don't you just love a bargain!! jane |
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- Posted by jeannespines (My Page) on Tue, Nov 8, 11 at 16:21
Yes, I love a bargain & love coupons! So I'm going to have to ck on a plane tckt & head out your way! Print me off one, too! (that should save me lots of money, uh!) LOL! Jeanne S. (ps...we're expecting our 1st snow tonight)...ugh! too early yet! |
Double Ugh!! Welcome to the 'Snow Bunny Club' Well let's see, if you have some FF Mile discounts for your flight here...you'd really enjoy the 20% off discount!! hehehe....sorry don't mean to rub it in! Make sure you have plenty of water and firewood stocked up... jane |
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Dang that Bus is in the Shop Again!! LOL Karen..that picture ALWAYS make me laugh..love it >>> jane |
- Posted by marlene_2008 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 8, 11 at 19:44
Pooh....we don't have one around here! |
Jane, yes I would love a bargain! Hope you find some neat things to share with us while shopping. Have Fun. Punk |
- Posted by luvstocraft (My Page) on Tue, Nov 8, 11 at 21:13
Kathleen is the one who needs to know about this discount. Jane, have you emailed her with the news? Luvs |
You're right Luvs... I should email her..but I'll bet, she was there today bright and early with that 20% off coupon in her 'hot little hands' !! lol Thanks Punk...hope when I go - there are good things left! jane |
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Beverly Hills Mansion where NBA Star Magic Johnson Lives
by Valery Stone on Oct 08, 2013
Magic Johnson is a retired NBA player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers.
Johnson, has owned the house since 1989 when he bought it while it was being constructed. He listed it at roughly $6 million in 1992 when he and his wife Cookie had a child. However, when his family grew to include three children, he expanded the Mediterranean style home from 12,000 to 14,000 square feet, increasing the number of bedrooms from four plus staff quarters to a total of nine.
The home has a gym, media room, game room, tennis court and pool. It is in the gated community of Beverly Park.
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Kate Beckinsale is unhappy with the size of her bottom. The gorgeous—and delusional—actress is convinced that her backside is too big, the Daily Mail reports, so producers on her new film Whiteout were forced to bring in a stunt booty—at a cost of $2,000 a day double—for shower scene.
"Kate has a terrible self-image," a source tells the paper. "She thinks she is fat, and she is always complaining how certain outfits make her bottom look big. Of course, the reality is that she has the most amazing body.
"The script called for her character to be filmed nude in a shower, focusing in on her bottom and thighs. Kate insisted on a double being hired. She was quite open on the set about not liking her body and said she particularly loathed her bottom and was not comfortable baring it."
Beckinsale, 34, reportedly suffered from anorexia in her teen years and has been open about her issues with Hollywood's portrayal of women's bodies.
"Everybody is retouched, stretched, lengthened, slimmed and trimmed. I could look at a picture of myself from the past and think, 'Why don't I look like that now?' It's because I never have," she had said to Glamour magazine.
Beckinsale once came close to baring her assets in 1994's Uncovered.
In the $25 million Whiteout, Beckinsale plays a U.S. marshall chasing a killer in Antarctica. She may be chasing a vicious murderer in the snowy wastelands, but there's always time for a hot shower scene!


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a province in the north-west of Asia Minor. On his first voyage to Europe ( Acts 16:7 Acts 16:8 ) Paul passed through this province and embarked at its chief port Troas.
criminal; abominable
(land of beech trees ) ( Acts 16:7 Acts 16:8 ) was the region about the frontier of the provinces of Asia and Bithynia. The term is evidently used in an ethnological, not a political, sense.
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A country in the northwestern part of Asia Minor, which formed an important part of the Roman province of Asia. Though its boundaries were always vague, it may be said to have extended on the North to the Sea of Marmora on the East to Bithynia and Phrygia, on the South to Lydia, and on the West to Hellespont. According to some authors it included the Troad. Its history is chiefly that of important cities, of which Assos, Troas, and Adramyttium on the border of Lydia, are mentioned in the New Testament. When Mysia became a part of the Roman province of Asia in 190 BC, its old name fell into disuse, and it was then generally known as the Hellespontus. According to Acts 16:7,8, Paul passed through the country, but without stopping to preach, until he reached Troas on the coast, yet tradition says that he founded churches at Poketos and Cyzicus. Onesiphorus, who was martyred some time between 109 and 114 AD, during the proconsulate of Adrian, is supposed to have evangelized this part of Asia. See The Expository Times, IX, 495 f.
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World War One. Medical. Portable hospital. Shot of group of soldiers unloading things (pallets?) from truck. Then soldiers working on construction of the makeshift hospital; which is under a semicircle of what looks like corrugated metal; a soldier is on a ladder adding on pieces of the roof.


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Across the 'Square Mile' the City of London manages a maze-like array of gardens, churchyards, parks, plazas and highway plantings. All of these are overflowing with trees, shrubs, flowers and a wide variety of wildlife. They are also an integral part of the City's unique history: from the largest open space to the tiniest leafy churchyard, all have a tale to tell. Some are even so hidden away from the bustle of City life that you would hardly know they are there.
These wonderful spaces are managed for the enjoyment of residents, city workers and visitors, as well as for the varied wildlife that depend on them. The City prides itself on high horticultural standards and has received numerous awards celebrating this achievement.
You can take a guided tour of the gardens, take a seat relaxing in a tranquil garden setting, investigate London's varied history or join us at one of our events.
Celebrating the horticultural delights of the Square Mile
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NEW YORK (AP) - Coca-Cola plans to run its first ad defending the safety of artificial sweeteners, a move that comes as the company looks to stem declining sales of diet soda.
The print ad is set to run in USA Today in the Atlanta area Wednesday, followed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Chicago Tribune. It says that diet drinks can help people manage their weight and stresses the evidence showing the safety of aspartame, commonly known by the NutraSweet name.
The ad represents the next phase of a campaign Coca-Cola Co. launched in January to push back at health critics.
The first ads outlined the company's commitment to fighting obesity and pointed to the many diet options it offers. Now Coca-Cola is trying to reassure people that those lower-calorie drinks aren't harmful.
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Any New York building of significant size needs a professional building manager in order to function from day-to-day, and even smaller buildings often need some help from a management company. Before any management company is hired, however, there's a contract involved, and this can be tricky. Read More
The Dream Team
The "Dream Team" label is often used to describe a perfect combination of highly-skilled people drawn together for a particular purpose. The 1992 U.S. mens' Olympic basketball team is probably the most famous example, but 'dream teams' have included everything from legal defense attorneys to diplomatic missions. Read More
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In a dense urban or sprawling suburban environment, people can still feel isolated. While high-rise residential buildings and suburban subdivisions put many people and families in very close proximity to one another, living side-by-side doesn't automatically transform a group of people into a community. Sometimes, just the opposite. Read More
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When electing board members to serve on behalf of your condo or co-op community, you expect them to act as crusaders for prosperity, considering the needs of the building and the people who live there to be paramount when making their decisions. The responsibility that a board has to serve in the best interests of its community is called "fiduciary duty," and it is not to be taken lightly. Read More
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The candidates. The issues. The campaigns. Excitement and suspense are built into just about every election, including those of co-op and condo board members. In fact, those elections can stir even more emotion given the impact they may have on the daily lives of the residents casting the votes. Board member elections take place regularly and invite the participation of all who wish to help shape the future of the community in which they live. They present a chance each year for the voices of shareholders and unit owners to be heard. Read More
Foundational Documents for Co-ops & Condos
From the Magna Carta to the U.S. Constitution, written documents have helped shape the way people live and interact with one another for centuries. The fundamental documents that establish co-ops and condos have that same importance in building a well-oiled, well-functioning community albeit on a smaller scale, of course. That is why it is so important to ensure that these materials are up-to-date, accurate and fully reflect the co-op, condo and people who live within it. Read More
To Claim, or Not to Claim?
Individuals, associations and other entities carry insurance coverage to protect them from liability, loss, and other financial and legal threats—that's pretty basic. What isn't always so basic is deciding when to file a claim versus paying out of pocket for a loss or damage. Read More
Monster Meetings
The headline of a recent Walpole, Massachusetts newspaper article reads: "Fight between Walpole selectmen cuts meeting short." The first sentence of the article stated, "Selectmen came to verbal blows on Tuesday night, prompting other board members to cut the meeting short as two of their colleagues took the altercation outside." Read More
Whos Responsible for Repairs?
Say you're in bed and you hear what sounds like the shower going, but it's late, and you're tired, so you pay it no mind. You wake up at 4 a.m. to get a glass of water, and find half the rooms in your apartment flooded— you forgot to turn the shower off! You throw blankets and towels on the floor to soak up the water, then you call your building's maintenance staff. Read More
The ABCs of Insuring Your Co-op or Condo
Sometimes insurance and the terms that accompany it can feel like a completely foreign language. It can be mystifying and overwhelming, whether for individual co-op or condo residents or the board members who oversee the community as a whole. The insurance industry uses a tremendous amount of shorthand, and the degree of coverage has seemingly grown exponentially in the last couple decades. With lawsuits and other forms of legal recourse now just a common reality of life in co-ops, condos and HOAs, board members and property managers need to be diligent about what kind of insurance coverage they have and require. Read More
Identifying Insurance Options
You can't underestimate the value of insurance. In a simple analogy, operating a business—or the day-to-day business of a co-op or condo—without adequate insurance coverage is a lot like skydiving without a parachute. Needless to say, it's a risky proposition. Read More
When Waters Rise
According to a 2013 poll by the Insurance Information Institute, only 13 percent of American homeowners have some sort of flood insurance policy, and those living in New York City are low on that list. Read More
To Choose or Not to Choose
Running the day-to-day business of a co-op, condo or HOA of any size—be it a self-contained high-rise in Manhattan or a sprawling, multi-building community in Queens—requires not just a functional board but a team of competent outside professionals. These professionals keep things running smoothly and efficiently for residents and boards—from the legal counsel who advises board members on their responsibilities under the law, to the accountant who balances the books and keeps tabs on the building's assets, to the property manager who juggles board, resident, and municipal concerns. Read More
Cooperation is Key
Working together is something we all must do in one or many ways pretty much every day. But it's a rule of thumb that's easy to forget, given the varying pressures of a 21st century economy and the needs of businesses to profit, and of residents to have reasonably peaceful lives in their multi-family dwellings. Read More
A Board Too Far
While it's true that having apathetic leadership is an all-too-common problem in a lot of co-op and condo buildings, having a board that oversteps the boundaries of its power or invades the privacy of residents can be just as bad. Ignorance of proper procedure is usually the reason for this kind of problem, rather than malice or other nefarious intent—which means that a better informed board is less apt to go beyond its authority and cause trouble for the community. Read More
Writing the Rules
Community living' in the context of a co-op or condo building means abiding by a set of rules and regulations designed to serve the community's best interests and maintain property values. The building board makes the rules, and the residents abide by them. Usually, this give-and-take is pretty painless but sometimes the rulemakers themselves run amok. Read More
Being Grilled
Of all the stages of co-op life, the initial application and approval process, especially the interview, is certainly the most harrowing. Many people are in fear that just one wrong word will mean the difference between acceptance and rejection. The more "exclusive" and upscale the building, the more difficult this process seems to be. Read More
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The Building: North Shore Towers & Country Club, a cooperative spread out over 110 acres, commands the highest point in Queens with views of the Empire State Building, Long Island Sound and Connecticut, the Atlantic Ocean, and JFK International airport. Three three-story buildings are connected by an underground arcade that features a supermarket, drug store, a bank, beauty parlor, spa, restaurant, 460-seat movie theater and a dry cleaner. Amenities also include an 18-hole golf course, five Har-Tru tennis courts, a fully-equipped gym that provides classes from early morning to 10 p.m. One indoor pool and three outdoor pools also serve residents year-round and other recreational offerings include basketball, shuffleboard, ping pong and billiards. The buildings also have their own emergency generators. The property is managed by Charles H. Greenthal. Read More
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The perks of living in New York are obvious to anyone reading these pages, and won't be listed here. But there is one glaring drawback to city life: lack of space. We all have winter coats we don't need in August, air conditioners we don't use in February, and a lifetime of old tax returns, pay stubs and old issues of magazines we subscribed to in 1992 that we can't bear to part with. Where to put all that stuff? It won't all fit under the bed. Read More
Happy Holidays!
Holiday decorations are an easy way for an association to spread some seasonal cheer and add a cozy, communal vibe to the neighborhood. But what was once a practice limited to a couple of lights, ornaments and a menorah or two has migrated toward a decorating empire complete with 10-foot tall blow-up Santas, multicolored lights that pulse and twinkle and even moving reindeer and elves, synchronized to holiday music. Read More
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If your neighbor blasts his music during the weekends, do you have a right to complain to the management? Can you sublet a room in your co-op apartment to make some extra cash? How many unit owners have to be present at a meeting in order to amend the by-laws? These are questions that co-op shareholders, condo owners, and even board members frequently ask. While the answers can be complex at times, they are often simple resolutions found in each building's governing documents. Read More
Dealing With the Disruptive
Living in a condo means putting up with certain occasional inconveniences: that curious odor emanating from the neighbor's unit, the downstairs saxophone player who practices every Tuesday afternoon, or that one resident that insists at every meeting that the board is spending too much money (even if they are way under budget). Read More
Meeting Minders
You may love your building. You may even love your neighbors and the members of your board. But there are few people who can say that they love their monthly board meetings or annual owner or shareholder meetings. That's because these meetings can drag on for hours, making even the most ardent condo association booster feel like they're an exercise in time-wasting. Still others watch their board and shareholder meetings devolve into pointless shouting matches, complete with name-calling. Read More
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High & Mighty
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Resolve to Get Along (and Not Get a Lawyer)
It's no secret that lawsuits are expensive, acrimonious undertakings that can severely erode both the finances and morale of building communities. When a disagreement between a resident and the board escalates into a serious dispute and the threat of litigation is brought into the mix, it can make a bad situation worse. Read More
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Every year the cycle repeats itself in co-ops and condo communities in New York City: as temperatures drop and snow begins to swirl, flocks of empty nesters and others fortunate enough to own a second home in a warmer climate pack up and head south. Read More
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Freelance photographer Jocelyn A. lives in a charming, post-war brick townhouse community of over 1,600 units and a $3 million annual budget. She receives a monthly newsletter with over 20 pages of everything to keep residents informed, but states, "sometimes I don't even open it… what with my travel schedule and work commitments." Read More
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Unresponsive Boards
There are a number of things that make shareholders unhappy in a co-op or condo, but chief among the complaints is when the board just doesn't seem to hear their concerns or doesn't do its duty to keep shareholders informed of board meetings, important decisions or anything else that might affect shareholders' investment and day-to-day life in the building. Read More
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Back in the late 1800's, an army officer named Henry Martyn Robert wrote a distillation of Parliamentary Procedure (which was used by the American Congress at the time), to help people run smooth and effective meetings, whether it be a church, local government gathering, or other "deliberative societies." Today, nearly every type of organization, from Fortune 500 companies to small-town PTAs, use Robert's Rules of Orderto keep their meetings focused. They use the procedure because it works. Read More
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June 23 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock futures extended losses as jobless claims climbed more than economists forecast.
The Standard & Poor's 500 futures dropped 0.9 percent to 1,268.10 at 8:33 a.m. in New York, after falling as much as 0.8 percent earlier. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures lost 81 points, or 0.7 percent, to 11,941.
Applications for jobless benefits increased 9,000 in the week ended June 18 to 429,000, Labor Department figures showed. The level of claims exceeded the highest estimate in a Bloomberg News survey in which the median projection called for 415,000 filings. The number of people on benefit rolls was little changed, while those getting extended payments rose.
Stocks broke a four-day rally yesterday after the Federal Reserve reduced projections for U.S. economic growth and employment this year and next.
The S&P 500 has retreated 5.6 percent from this year's high at the end of April amid weaker-than-estimated economic data and concern about Europe's debt crisis. The benchmark gauge for U.S. equities has still risen 2.4 percent in 2011 on government stimulus measures and better-than-expected earnings.
A separate report today on U.S. home sales may provide further evidence of the strength of the recovery in the world's largest economy.
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Run your route, catch the ball, line up and do it again. Heath showed why he is one of myfavs this week. He made the tough catches look easy and didn't act like each first down catch was the super bowl game winning catch. I love how he just tosses the football back to the ref after he scores. To me that is the best end zone celebration.
This trying to be badass attitude the $ crew is doing lately is getting old. It's Wallace who started this crap last year and all it did was take him out of games. Show some class and be tough on the field like hines. Recievers like Wallace and brown are like santonio and burress who I couldn't stand by the time they left. I hate to see these young recievers follow in their footsteps.
Heath = Harrison (do your job and go on to next play); Young $$ = Woodley/Foote (do your job/do your act/only then go on to next play)
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Paid $1374.50 from ECGS + cores
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$900 plus trade for low mileage stock 3rds and I will help with swap - has to come to me.
rear pinion is barely seeping gear oil haven't heard anything from ECGS -- been a couple weeks now :/
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Not many miles on the rear and it's less than a year old. The front is around 2 years old with ~20k miles on it.
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Our 2011 postcard exchange is now up and running. If you need the link to your group please email me or click on the correct group below.
Quick Reference
As a quick reference, I will make the button to the left of my page link this post so you can find your group quickly. You will need to make sure that you save the password I sent you (or email me for it).
Group A: http://www.teachpreschool.org/postcard-exchange-2011-2012/group-a/
Group B: http://www.teachpreschool.org/postcard-exchange-2011-2012/teach-preschool-postcard-exchange-group-b/
Group C: http://www.teachpreschool.org/postcard-exchange-2011-2012/teach-preschool-postcard-exchange-group-c/
Group D: http://www.teachpreschool.org/postcard-exchange-2011-2012/teach-preschool-postcard-exchange-group-d/
Group E: http://www.teachpreschool.org/postcard-exchange-2011-2012/teach-preschool-postcard-exchange-group-e/
Group F: http://www.teachpreschool.org/postcard-exchange-2011-2012/teach-preschool-postcard-exchange-group-f/
Group G: http://www.teachpreschool.org/postcard-exchange-2011-2012/teach-preschool-postcard-exchange-group-g/
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The first painting on this site Zion's Children, is a continuation of the mystical series begun in 1985 by artist Maria Alquilar. These works on metal, wood and sometimes, as in this case, velvet explore most of humanities need to create Heroes, Saints and other Divinities to absorb and share their suffering. Alquilar enhances the mysteries and myths of major religions of the world. These include Voodoo, Catholicism, Asian as well as pre Catholic Mexican and Southwest indigenous people's spiritual rituals. The Religious Edifices, paintings, sculpture, milagros, retablos , dances, music, allow most people to express and give voice to their perception of the ancient mysteries that are the basis of all religions. It can lead some to salvation, and enlightenment. It helps many to adjust to the grief, suffering and burdens of their lives.
Alquilar was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her resume is extensive and can be viewed on her website maria-alquilar.com. She is in many collections in the United States, Mexico and Italy. Her work in Public Art is well known. In 1990, she was awarded the General Administrations Honor Award for Bien Venida Y Vaya Con Dios,(Welcome And Go With God), a tribute to the indomitable spirit of the Mexican people. It is located at the border in San Luis, AZ. Other collections include the Smithsonian, National Museum of American Art, The Rockefeller Collection, John Michael Kohler Collection, Kohler, WI and, John Michael Kohler Art Center and Museum, Sheboygan, WI, Dante Museum, Ravenna, Italy.
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I think I may have mentioned before that my first love is hand embroidery. I began at a very early age, learning from both my mum and my grandmother using large crewel needles and brightly coloured flosses for my first rather wonky stitches. I find stitching so relaxing, almost always having a … [Read more...]
Someone's missing …..
Today we went down to South Milton Sands. I had some forgotten bits and pieces (including two unopened bottles of champagne - woo hoo!) to pick up from The Barn after the wedding reception, and thought it would be nice to fit in a trip to the beach as well. The beach was stunning as always, and … [Read more...]
A pair of lovebirds ….
No - not Rosie and Dan - though the BIG DAY is now only a week away. These are different lovebirds. I've been busy making new bunting for my kitchen, digging deep into my stash and finding fabrics that I'd completely forgotten about, one of which was this large remnant of Nina Campbell Perroquet … [Read more...]
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I am afraid that for the next couple of weeks I might not be around as much as usual. This doesn't mean I've forgotten - simply that there's now only just over two weeks until the BIG DAY and, as well as all the busy-ness that involves, I also have to finish off the July issue of the Bustle & … [Read more...]


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iTunes 4.9 adds podcasts... TWIT is #4 and #15... Go Forth And Download!
Wow... so I post a story on ExtremeiPod about Apple releasing iTunes 4.9, which adds support for podcasts, and going photo on the entire lineup, which is now a 20GB photo, a 60GB photo and the US iPod... install the software, click on the podcasts link... and find that we're both 4th and 15th in the top podcasts.
Weird... until you start clicking on 'em. The #4 links to this WEEK in Tech, our FeedBurner links, and #15, TWiT: Boookmarkable... links to the AAC Bittorent files.
OK, it's still weird. But in a cool kinda surreal way. Maybe it's all the beatings we took at TTV for not beating out Monday Night Curling in Eastern Canada. (We knocked 'em dead in North Jersey, tho!)


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Orascom Development Holding AG's hotels in Egypt may see a 25 percent decline in first-quarter revenue in a worst case scenario as a result of unrest in the country, Chief Executive Officer Samih Sawiris told Le Temps .
Egyptian billionaire Samih Sawiris 's development in Andermatt, Switzerland, got tax breaks from canton Uri, SonntagsZeitung reported.
An Egyptian billionaire with a penchant for risk is transforming a sleepy Swiss village into a ritzy resort that may one day rival Verbier.
Orascom Development Holding AG, the hotel and construction company controlled by Egyptian businessman Samih Sawiris, fell the most in more than two months after saying its first-half loss may more than double.
One real estate agency has stopped promoting Egyptian billionaire Samih Sawiris 's development in Andermatt, Switzerland, Tages-Anzeiger said, citing the agent.
Orascom Development Holding AG, a developer of resorts in Europe and the Middle East, surged the most on record after a prison sentence in Egypt against its chairman was nullified.
Orascom Development Holding AG, a resort company run by billionaire Samih Sawiris, called off its planned share sale that could have raised about 150.2 million Swiss francs ($140 million), after observing "irregular trading activities" in its stock.
Samih Sawiris , Orascom Development Holding AG's chief executive officer, doesn't expect Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to step down before the end of September, Handelsblatt reported today, citing an interview with Sawiris.


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Kahr introducing attractively-priced CT380 (VIDEO)
Kahr is expanding on their Value series with the new CT380. This compact .380 ACP pistol is tailored for the concealed-carry market and priced to move. Read more
Kahr is expanding on their Value series with the new CT380. This compact .380 ACP pistol is tailored for the concealed-carry market and priced to move. Read more
Magnum Research has developed updated versions of their MLR, or MagnumLite Rimfire rifle, with an optional threaded barrel for use with a suppressor. Read more
In the last two years, our options for big bore concealed carry have continued to expand. These five guns are changing the way we think about concealed carry. Bigger rounds in smaller packages. Nothing wrong with that. Read more
Kahr is the first gun company to announce that it will move out of New York. It's relocating its 10-person corporate staff to Pike County, Pennsylvania, next year. Read more
Florida-based Diamondback Firearms is gearing up to launch a new version of their extremely successful DB380 concealed-carry pistol. Read more
There's always been speculation about who exactly owns Kahr, but the company has never changed its story and evidence has always led to the same conclusion. Read more
A Guns.com reader is looking for the ideal concealed carry pistol. She's not strong enough to operate some of the stiff slides, and she's been told that the 9mm is the absolute minimum. Is there a gun that's right for her? Read more
It took Arne Boberg the better part of a decade to perfect the concealed carry subcompact XP-9 pistol and the lucky few who have shot one agree it was well worth the wait. Read more


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Putin's (un)happy new year
Russian President Vladimir Putin has bid farewell to 2013 with his state of the nation address, followed closely by his annual 4-plus-hour marathon news conference. He even managed to appear magnanimous, notably in his decision to pardon the imprisoned oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovksy.
He is setting the stage for the main event: the Sochi Olympics.
But as Putin subtly warned in his final 2013 appearances — and as the Volgograd bombings so graphically confirmed — major changes must come in the new year. Putin virtually admitted in his December speeches that the current path is not sustainable, while the Volgograd bombings have increased the urgency to face up to Russia's problems.
The president particularly vented a growing frustration with Russia's status quo. In his address, for example, Putin returned to the issue of Russia's crippling capital flight and prevalent use of offshore structures to avoid Russian taxes. He emphasized that he raised this matter a year ago, but "since nothing significant has been achieved," he proposed new measures to ensure that Russian-owned offshore companies pay their fair share in taxes for the privilege of conducting business in Russia.
Putin displayed exasperation with other aspects of his stalled agenda. We are "always discussing" the question of how to make more land available for home construction, Putin insisted, yet no progress is made. He blamed bureaucratic incompetence and corruption, demanding that this be resolved in the next few months — though he provided no immediate solutions.
Putin also complained about his reforms in healthcare and education. A year and a half had passed since he had issued executive orders, he insisted, yet "things are done in a way that elicits a negative reaction among the public, or nothing is done."
Putin has used other controversies to express his irritation with the pace of reform. He lashed out, for example, when several ministers complained about his unilateral decision to return some tax investigatory powers to regular criminal investigators without necessarily requiring them first to consult with tax authorities and to confirm that a tax violation had occurred. Such a process previously had led to prosecutorial abuse and the excessive filings of tax claims against Russian business.
Even Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev felt compelled to object here, since the former president had been responsible for removing this authority from criminal investigators in the first place. In response, Putin loudly complained about members of the government discussing confidential matters in the media and warned that if they persisted, they could follow former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin's example and join the non-profit world.
Putin's scattershot complaints often manage to rebound against him — though he does not seem bothered by this. Notably, his state-of-the-nation address criticized the existing legal mechanisms for resolving business disputes and called for improving Russia's system of third-party arbitration. Yet it is Putin's own inexplicable decision to merge the commercial courts with the courts of general jurisdiction that has put Russia's ability to handle basic economic disputes in question.
Putin's criticisms reflect his own vulnerabilities. It is, after all, under his 14-year reign that government has grown more corrupt and the economy has floundered. He must also be looking over his shoulder to the Ukrainian crisis — where economic collapse has again endangered a post-Soviet regime's stability.
Putin has already gathered enormous legal authority to respond to any potential challenge inside Russia. Within months of returning to office in 2012, Putin pushed through a series of laws — on public protests, NGOs, treason — open to broad interpretation. These can be used at any time to crack down strongly on the opposition. The Duma recently approved legislation that would give Russian prosecutors the unilateral right to block any website calling for mass unsanctioned protests.
Putin looks ready to defend his grip on power, and has selectively used the courts over the past year to deliver this message. Moreover, while Putin's state-of-the-nation address talked about the importance of open government, his support of nonpartisan public oversight stops well short of actual competitive politics. So a liberal political solution does not appear to be in the cards for 2014.
In fact, the major check on Putin today appears to be the Winter Olympics. The world is coming to Sochi in February, and Putin does not need another anti-gay law to spotlight Russia's controversial policies. His pardon of Khodorkovsky — along with the recently announced amnesty for Pussy Riot, the Bolotnaya demonstrators and the Greenpeace activists — demonstrates his desire to resolve these difficult political issues before the games start.
Come the end of February, however, the Olympics will be a memory. Regardless of whether the Volgograd bombings portend more short-term security crises, they are symptomatic of what awaits Putin in 2014. Indeed, no matter how the games turn out, either an emboldened or a weakened Putin will need to address Russia's mounting economic and social problems.
A new prime minister and ministerial shuffle may be in the offing — if only to give Putin some political separation from the country's messy realities. Putin probably also needs to do something more dramatic to jump-start Russia's stagnant economy and revive his stalled domestic agenda. His natural inclination might be to squeeze the current system even harder — but as Putin's own comments suggest, that system has already exhausted itself.
For Russian politics, 2014 promises to be an interesting year.
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PHOTO (INSERT): Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (R) and Maria Alyokhina walk outside Yemelyanovo airport in Krasnoyarsk, December 24, 2013. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
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The Eagles made cuts today, trimming the roster down to 53 players in advance of the 4 p.m. deadline. Here's a position-by-position look at what the squad looks like on defense. If you missed the post on the offense, click here.
Defensive line (7): Fletcher Cox, Cedric Thornton, Bennie Logan, Vinny Curry, Beau Allen, Brandon Bair, Taylor Hart.
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It will not stop raining in Florida for more than about 20 minutes at a time. I managed to dash outside and hang this up so I could photograph it for the Modern Quilt Guild Michael Miller Challenge and get it submitted before the deadline. I'm very excited with the way this quilt turned out! Probably one of the few times it came out just like I imagined it in my head, all the way down to the quilting. This quilt {Read More}
Hedgehog, Pouf and Summer is here!
I've been in a flurry of sewing ADD. I probably have about 5 different projects scattered around my room right now in various states of being finished. I did get a few things finished this past weekend though. This cute hedgehog is an in-the-hoop stuffed toy I decided to try because I was participating in a Plushie swap. I will say I was disappointed with the instructions provided with the file but I managed to get the toy done without {Read More}
Saturday Stash and Quiltsmart Gadget Cushion Finish
I missed Sunday stash earlier this week so better late than never! Also finished the absolute cutest gadget cushion ever using some fun fabric I picked up in Vegas at Quiltique. I can't wait to make more of these! Really fast (made in less than an hour with minimal fabric) and super useful. I need to make a few more for home and one for work. They'd also make cute pincushions I think! I fell prey to the Hancocks {Read More}
Sunday Stash & Peacock Finish
A finished project for once! Finally took the time to finish up my peacock. This was from a class I took a few months ago on making a stuffed bird. I love the end result and look forward to doing more stuffed creatures! It's a nice change from quilting and sewing stuff all the time and lets you do some other things creatively that wouldn't work on a quilt. This peacock came from the book The Artful Bird, which I {Read More}
Hand Woven Bali Basket Finish
I've had this pattern for a month or two now and it ended up being the one quilty/sewy thing I did on my holiday break. You don't have to use your sewing machine at all to make these and there is only a teeny bit of handsewing involved in the beginning and end of the basket. The rest is just weaving ends together and wrapping around the piping to create the basket. It was very simple to get the hang {Read More}
Finish – Wedding Guest Memory Quilt
I guess this counts as my oldest UFO finish ever! One of my good corgi-owner friends got married almost three years ago and I offered to make her a quilt from fabrics her guests signed. I got the signed scraps of fabric back probably two years ago and its sat in a drawer since then waiting to be put together. Originally I was just going to do square-in-a-square but after seeing some of the guests wrote straight to the edge {Read More}
Machine Embroidered Bibs
So that thing that husbands do sometimes happened this past weekend to me. "Hey hon, we got invited to a baby shower next Saturday. Are you free?" Well… yes but now I gotta scramble and make a gift. I don't like showing up with the same store-bought crap everyone else has, I might as well give them a gift card (sometimes we do both). Back to my old standby – the machine embroidered bib! I like these for baby gifts {Read More}
The MEGA Finishes Post – Class Samples Done!
I'm pretty sure this is some kind of world record. I work best under deadlines and this is proof. Three quilts finished this week! I'll start with the big one. The Summer House Lone Star quilt turned out fantastic. I bound it using the lime green coordinating solid. It's hand bound to the back. Still no label since I don't have a proper name for it. Measures 66 x 66 finished. I'm really looking forward to teaching the class and {Read More}
Finished – Corgi Fairytale Quilt
Update: Pattern now available for purchase and instant download! After lamenting on my last podcast about not feeling like I knew where I fit in quilting this quilt came to be. I designed it on Monday afternoon (July 8th) on a post-it note, came home that night and got to work. My local modern quilt guild had a negative space challenge and originally I hadn't intended on entering anything. Then this design popped into my head. I had to do {Read More}
Birthday Gifts!
My birthday isn't till the end of the month but they're already showing up in the mail! It's so much fun to get quilty packages. Had to share these with you! First one is from Mary Jo and Matthew of The Quilt Bear! They were so sweet to send me a gift. I love it so much! I really do think I squealed when I opened it. It's so perfect! Owls, Aurifil thread, Moda Petit Fours and a great little {Read More}


text: Back in October, Martin Garrix had announced that his single "Animals" had gone platinum. At the time, Your EDM called this into question based on RIAA standards, before noting that platinum certifications outside of the United States are vastly different. We have to remember that EDM is an international thing, and that no matter what, cracking the U.S. market is still the pinnacle. Since October, Garrix's "Animals" gained steam, netting him a deal with Universal as well as linking up with Scooter Braun. Back in February, "Animals" hit Gold status stateside, and he picked up a platinum plaque for the single in Australia earlier this month, but over night he announced that "Animals" has officially toppled the RIAA platinum certification. That's one million sales of this single in around 10 months… just in America. That's pretty crazy, and will no doubt have the eyes of the onlookers placed solely on Garrix, who recently got announced as being a part of the BBC Radio 1 Residency as well as having a slot at Lollapalooza. Dude could buy out the bar in Los Angeles, but isn't allowed to drink from it. No matter how we feel about the actual track, we have to give Garrix his props.